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Pick the Piece Big Chess. In this customizable game, players decide on the pieces to fill two empty slots and those to be dropped during play. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]The classic case of replacement pieces, allowing for players to mix arrays, even differently after Betza's CDA, is Michael Howe's Novo Chess. I believe he had some falling out with CVPage and his material is not appearing now, like Fergus Duniho's. With about 10,000 available pieces around, PtPBC and others preceding it [to be mentioned in follow-up] are extensively expandable and, having been done several times outside Game Courier, unoriginal any more. Facility at making new Chesses -- and new Presets presto chango -- like the ones related to this article, does not mean they should be done, and everyone knows they serve mostly for personal ego-boosting. Michael Howe used to talk about so many millions of arrays being available confusedly: in MH's case he seemed unsure when he was serious or not about Novo. Unfortunately today they are all to be taken seriously, even when completely borrowed and unresearched. PtPBC has little merit in itself as a whole, but does within novel pieces of Daniel's own creation for later. A nearby thread discusses etiquette prompted by completely different exchange. (Mixing threads to go easy on any reader) Actually, what Joyce brings up, addressing contributors impolitely is only one form of discourtesy. It is as rude to discuss one's own CVs all but exclusively and at length, either ignorant or ignoring 15 years of CVPage and also CVs over decades before CVPage existed, not only Pritchard's 'ECV' ones. Another example of intolerance is in assumption that all Chess variate enjoyers have, or must have, the same philosophy of what has been called ''prolicifism.'' This Comment does not yet face favorably interesting Ninja Pawn itself, when it might optimize, and some other novel pieces worth attention, in order to place them somewhat with antecedents (not identities in all cases). Finding the precedents is not so much done lately, not only among Charles Daniel's, but also Joe Joyce's and Gary Gifford's. Courtesy to historic originators before us going back at least to Pietro Carrera in 17th Century starts with acknowledging their existence.